Could this be atonic seizures/should I get medical help?

So, I’ve been having really scary and extremely frequent spells where I lose most/all control over my body (I go completely limp like I’m about to faint), my vision goes yellow and blurry, my hearing is a little off, and I drop to the ground unless I can grab on to something. I get very dizzy and I can’t keep... show more So, I’ve been having really scary and extremely frequent spells where I lose most/all control over my body (I go completely limp like I’m about to faint), my vision goes yellow and blurry, my hearing is a little off, and I drop to the ground unless I can grab on to something. I get very dizzy and I can’t keep standing. They usually only last a few seconds but they’re very frequent and happen a few times a day. I’ve had two concussions in the span of less than a year, and was out of school for months and had to restart the year online because of how much I missed. I’m currently 15 and I’ve been having these spells for years, but they have gotten worse and I’m worried that they might be interfering with concussion recovery or have been made worse by the second concussion. They’re extremely scary to me, and although I don’t feel any pain when they happen, I lose pretty much all feeling in my body and all sense of where I am and what’s going on at the time. I also get severe headaches apart from these episodes, but not at the same time. If anyone has any advice or thoughts I’d greatly appreciate hearing them.

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Are these incidents happening when you've just gotten up? Then low blood pressure is a possible diagnosis. Low blood pressure (orthostatic hypotension) is extremely common in young people. It can make your vision dim or temporarily disappear, starting at the edges of the vision field, make you so dizzy you can't walk, make your legs and arms feel rubbery, or make you faint. Usually it causes no health problems beyond the potential for injury when you fall in a faint.

Blood pressure tends to rise naturally in the middle adult years.

Common factors contributing to low pressure ‘incidents’ including dizziness or fainting are heat, first day of your period, getting up quickly, getting up from lying down, dehydration, and not eating recently enough.

You may find a near-faint resolves almost immediately if you either lie down or sit and put your head between your knees. This gets oxygenated blood to your brain the quickest.

People with low blood pressure should get in the habit of moving around before they get up. It's a pain, but worth it considering how easy it is to break a bone when you faint and fall badly.